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‘Groundhog day’: Federal Court dismisses appeal in long-running legal battle to keep Tamil Biloela family in Australia
The full bench of the Federal Court has upheld an earlier decision which found three-year-old Tharunicaa was not given procedural fairness when her application for a protection visa was assessed.
A Tamil family-of-four from the small Queensland town of Biloela, who have spent almost three years in immigration detention, will remain in Australia for the immediate future after an appeal by the federal government and lawyers for the family was dismissed.
- Maani Truu
- SBS News
Priya and Nades Murugappan and their two Australian-born daughters …